Each Commedia character has a specific physical shape and way of moving. In our play particularly leading from the bum, nose, chest, belly and knees is vital as it shows what character plays a specific role and how maybe they may change throughout the play. For example the Judge is a very chesty person and he acts as if he is charge of everything so he would have to act like a 'know it all'. Also the devils would walk with their nose and toes as they are quite mischievious. We are going to take elements from these different characters to produce semi-realistic characters in our play. Dario Fo was very inspired by the characters from Commedia dell'arte.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/video/shape
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